Travis Scott may sit at the top of hip-hop, but he’s still holding onto a goal of going back to school to study architecture.
In a recent cover interview with Rolling Stone, the Utopia rapper opened up about his academic ambitions while touring a Beverly Hills mansion owned by Oakley Sunglasses founder Jim Jannard, which is currently listed for $65 million.
“I wanna go to school eventually and study engineering architecture,” Scott — who was recently appointed Oakley’s Chief Visionary Officer — said around the 2:15 mark in the video below. “I feel like everyone dreams in a render. But when it comes down to actually making it, it’s never a reality. … It’s not even about the school, it’s just about learning.”
Scott also shared that he’s considering schools like the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University.
“I like spaces. I love experiences,” he said when explaining his interest in architecture. “I love things that make you come alive. I think certain things are like inspirations. Whether it’s cars, whether it is, you know, furniture, shoes, clothes, music, whatever. They’re all like inspiration…that can give you a drive or wake you up to push you to go do something.”
This isn’t the first time Scott has spoken about his passion for architecture. Back in 2023, he told GQ that he planned to seriously pursue it after finishing his Circus Maximus Tour.
“I’m going to Harvard for architecture school,” he said at the time. “I got to work hard to get in. They’re not letting me take any shortcuts.”
“I’ve always been into structural design and structural engineering and, you know, trying to just build all different type of things, right?” he added. “When you start seeing how odd things can be shaped and then see how they can structurally work, it’s interesting. And I’m always trying to be like an ultimate problem solver.”
Scott’s Circus Maximus Tour spanned two years, launching in October 2023 and ending in November 2025. The tour pulled in $265 million across 85 shows, earning the title of the highest-grossing solo rap tour ever and ranking second only to Drake’s It’s All a Blur Tour in overall rap tour earnings.
